It doesn't surprise me that this scholarship is causing a stir. For years, I've thought that the single biggest perpetrators of bigotry were organizations like the NAACP and Rev. Jessie Jackson (with due respect to his positive accomplishments).
Many minority groups have no problem creating programs and initiatives that isolate themselves racially, but anything that even hints at white only, immediately brings down a flurry of condemnation and anger. Perhaps that's a leftover of the civil war and slavery era? ---> getting off my soapbox Whites Only Scholarship Creates Outrage College Republicans Say Scholarship Was Created to Spark Debate By ANNE-MARIE DORNING BOSTON, Nov. 22, 2006 - - Joe Mroszczyk, president of the College Republicans at Boston University, admits he set out to stir up a hornet's nest when he came up with the idea of offering a whites-only scholarship at the school. But he got a little more buzz than he bargained for. "To tell you the truth, we didn't see this coming," Mroszczyk said. "The Drudge Report picked it up yesterday, and today I just finished a round of national interviews. It's kind of overwhelming." All the media attention is focused on a $250 Caucasian Achievement and Recognition Scholarship offered by Mroszczyk and the BU chapter of the College Republicans. Applicants must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.2 or higher; they must write two essays; and, here's the kicker, they must be at least one-quarter Caucasian. The application itself offers an explanation: "We believe that racial preferences in all their forms are perhaps the worst form of bigotry confronting America today." According to Mroszczyk, his group is offering the scholarship to point out "how ridiculous it is to have any sort of racially based scholarship." At BU, for example, students who are at least one-quarter Hispanic can apply for a National Hispanic Recognition Scholarship. Complete article.... http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=2674267&page=1 _____________________________________________ The Vulcan Neck Pinch is not half as powerful as the Vulcan Groin Kick, but it's more politically correct. ~ Quotes you'll never hear on Star Trek. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l